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LOT 0050
Estimate
GBP (£) 500 - 700
EUR (€) 580 - 810
USD ($) 670 - 940
GREEK ZOOMORPHIC BRONZE HYDRIA HANDLE ATTACHMENT
CIRCA 5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
2 in. (98 grams, 51 mm high).
CIRCA 5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
2 in. (98 grams, 51 mm high).
Modelled as a skinned lion's head with fierce facial detailing; made for soldering to an articulated round handle.
PROVENANCE:
Private collection, Germany, 1980s.
Acquired on the UK art market 2010.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Furtwängler, A., Olympia. Die Ergebnisse der von dem Deutschen Reich veranstalteten Ausgrabung Band 4. 2 Bände (Textband, Tafelband), Asher, Berlin, 1890, pl.TL, no.839.
FOOTNOTES:
The handles were usually shaped as divinities or animals linked with gods (ie. lions for Herakles). A similar specimen can be seen in the Berlin Museum (inv.7491), from Athens.
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